Fake Ferraris for sale in Italy
Fake Guccis, faux Rolexes -- these are items you see for sale on Italian streets everywhere. But fake Ferraris? Reuters reports that Italian police broke up a ring "selling fake Ferrari cars for a fraction of the real price," or as little as 20,000 euros. The police also suggest that those buying the cars knew they were buying fakes.
So how did the salesmen pull it off? How do you actually build a fake Ferrari? Police say that the car body workers were "very able," and cobbled together "mostly fake parts and a few original components." They then modified the body parts to resemble Ferrari classics, such as one (the 328 Gtb) that went out of production in 1980.
Do you think you could tell a real Ferrari from a fake? Better yet, would you buy a fake one?
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Feb 28th 2008 @ 3:58PM
paul said...
If I were into fancy cars - which I'm not - I'd probably buy a fake one. The problem, of course, is you could never re-sell it without getting into trouble.
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Mar 6th 2008 @ 12:00AM
Diane said...
In the early 60's a very good friend of ours had a Ferrari...the real thing. We were on a joy ride in the N. Ca. area and broke down in the middle of no where and tried to get the mechanic to use baby oil to fix the problem... the problem escapes me now... Of course they wouldn't even attempt to work on a Ferrari! Some how we made back to civilazion. It seems very strange to me to see fake ones(Ferrari's) out there...a sign of the times... I like the real thing!!!!
CI MOM
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